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PalmPrint
Serial, infrared, and Bluetooth printing for your PalmOS handheld!

A Palm Computing
Platinum Solution

Tap Magazine,
Best Products of 1999
Best Printing Software

 

Compatible Printers Compatible Applications
Connectivity Issues
(IR, Bluetooth, Serial, Parallel)
Information for developers

"Does what it's supposed to do so darned well. The proof is in the printing - and PalmPrint prints just great."

—Tap Magazine

Why print from your Palm handheld device?

You can print some of the information stored in your Palm connected organizer from your desktop computer, but there are times when that's not what you need. Perhaps your job involves visiting customers in the field, or working at trade shows, and you need to print out an order or a receipt on a portable printer. You might be a doctor doing rounds in a hospital, a delivery truck driver, a field service representative, or one of the many other mobile workers in today's workforce. Or, you might even be in your office, but using software on your Palm handheld device which has no desktop counterpart. Or perhaps you just want to print a quick email or memo without starting up your desktop software. PalmPrint (tm) software is the solution.

Canon BJC-50 & Palm III Print from all PalmOS 3.x/4.x/5.x devices via Infrared or Bluetooth (or, with certain models and appropriate printers, serial as well)

What can I print?

PalmPrint prints information from the built-in Palm databases - memos, schedules, address book information, todo lists, expenses, emails (from both the Palm Mail and iMessenger applications, as well as the Eudora email application) and clipboard contents. PalmPrint also provides printing support to more than four dozen other applications which are "PalmPrint-enabled" (that is, applications that know about and use PalmPrint for printing). These applications span a wide range of needs, including database, email, data collection, medical, mobile POS, document readers, and a wide variety of specialty applications. Read the complete list here; if the application you're interested in doesn't appear, we encourage you to encourage the developer of that application to print-enable their application. It's easy! Read the complete list of more than four dozen applications which are "PalmPrint-enabled"

"Well-written...a must-have piece of software for mobile professionals."

—Mobile Computing

What are the features of PalmPrint?

  • Standard support for Palm MemoPad, Address Book (Contacts), DateBook (Calendar), ToDo list (Tasks), Expense, Mail, and iMessenger applications, and well as printing Clipboard contents (allowing data from non-PalmPrint-enabled applications to be copied and then printed in a two-step process) and also emails from the Eudora Email application.
  • Support for printing standard "Doc" files via the DocPrint plug-in.
  • Printing support for PalmPrint built in to dozens ofapplications (see list)
  • Choice of fonts (Courier, Times, and Helvetica) on most supported printers, and font sizes (9, 10, and 12 point), as well as plain and bold
  • Automatic word wrap
  • Control of page sizes (number of lines per page and characters per line) and margins (left/right, top/bottom).
  • Control characters ("escape sequences") can be entered into memos using a special notation, allowing knowledgeable users to take full advantage of printer features

What kind of printers can I use?

PalmPrint supports a variety of common printer languages, as well as some more specific languages:

  • PCL (used by HP, Apple, Lexmark, and others)
  • Epson emulation (supported by Epson, Canon, Citizen, and others)
  • PostScript (used by many manufacturers), and ESCPOS (used in many receipt printers)
  • A number of printer-specific drivers (e.g., the Monarch 6015, Pentax PocketJet, SiPix PocketPrinter, Zebra TR220)
  • "Plain text" mode which is suitable for printing to many receipt printers, as well as for "printing" to the screen of a desktop computer running terminal emulation software (e.g., HyperTerm) and then transferring the output to a printer connected to the desktop computer
  • View the list of compatible printers

How do I connect to the printer?

If you have a Palm with infrared capability and an infrared-enabled HP DeskJet 340 & Palm III(IrDA) printer, it's just "point and print"; no cables required! And there are excellent IrDA printers available for all applications. Portable, battery-operated models for mobile workers which have been tested with PalmPrint include the Canon BJC-80 and 85 and the ultra-lightweight BJC-50 and 55, the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 340 and 350, the Pentax PocketJet 200, the SiPix Pocket Printer A6, and the Citizen PN60i. Office printers include the HP LaserJet 6P, 6MP, and 2100 (as well as the older 5P and 5MP), along with the new DeskJet 990Cse. There are point-of-sale IR printers too, like the Citizen PD-04 and Seiko DPU-3445. And IR printing is fast! You'll be amazed how fast the paper emerges from your printer when your print from your Palm via IR.

You can also print to printers with serial or parallel inputs, although you may require additional cabling to do so.

For a complete discussion of connectivity issues (how you connect to a particular printer and what kind of cabling you need), click here

"Printed flawlessly...effectively unleash[es] PDA information to paper with and without wires."

—PC Magazine

Does it work with all hardware and software?

PalmPrint works on all models of the Palm Computing Platform running PalmOS 3.0 or higher (including PalmOS 5.0), from the Palm III to the latest Treo 650 and Palm LifeDrive, as well as on Palm Computing platform compatible devices such as the IBM WorkPad, Handspring Visor, Sony Clie, and others. PalmPrint works with the standard, unmodified PalmOS; we cannot guarantee its operation with every possible "hack" which modifies the functionality of the operating system. Users have reported that the following hacks cause problems with PalmPrint:

  • ClockHack
  • BatteryMonitor Hack v1.6
  • ScreenWrite
  • EasyLock
  • Afterburner

We have not verified any of these problems, so feel free to ignore this warning, but if you do have problems with PalmPrint functioning and you are using any of these hacks, you'll need to disable the hack (and feel free to bug the writer of the hack - a hack should be totally transparent to any application).

Developers take note!

PalmPrint functions as a print or data transmission server for other applications. This means you can add printing or data transmission to your application with a simple call to PalmPrint! Read the developer's page for information about how to do this, or let us know about your application which already supports PalmPrint so we can let people know about it.

More Information...

Want to learn more about PalmPrint?

We've tried to keep this page simple, but the complete manual for PalmPrint is part of the download when you download the software (see below). Even if you don't have a Palm, there are plenty of screen shots, so you can see everything the software can do, and how easy it is to use.

Want to try PalmPrint yourself?

PalmPrint is configured so that you can use it without a Serial Number (password) so that you can see how it works. We strongly urge that you use the software in this mode to verify that your particular printer and cabling setup will work with PalmPrint. Because of the large number of printers and cabling options, we cannot possibly guarantee successful operation with any particular printer. Once you have verified operation, however, then after you purchase the software (see below), we'll email you the Serial Number to unlock the software, and all functions will be available. Download now.

Want to learn more about PalmOS handhelds?

Our software runs on the Palm operating system (PalmOS). PalmOS is developed by PalmSource, and is licensed for use on handheld devices made by palmOne (including the Treo, Zire, and Tungsten lines), Handspring (now part of palmOne), Sony, Symbol (some models), Kyocera, Samsung, and others. A complete, current list of licensees, with links to their respective websites, can be found here.

PalmPrint runs on all PalmOS handhelds running PalmOS 3.0 or higher.

Who we are...

Stevens Creek Software has been developing and marketing software for Macintosh, Windows, DOS, PalmOS, and iPhone (iOS) since 1988. We specialize in handheld solutions, with more than 20 titles for PalmOS and iOS. Learn more...

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Single Licenses

You can license a single copy of PalmPrint for $39.95.

Most users download the software from our Web site and pay for the software online; for a small charge we can send you the software on a disk via regular mail instead. You can order online or by mail.
Online:

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Mail: Stevens Creek Software
P.O. Box 2126
Cupertino, CA 95015
We accept most credit cards (online ordering only). If you wish to order by mail, contact us via email so that we can calculate the total cost of the software plus shipping charges. Let us know if you also wish to receive the software on a mailed CD. Payment is by check or money order drawn from a U.S. affiliated bank in U.S. funds. Mail orders will take a considerably longer time than payment and delivery online.

Need Multiple Copies?

For multiple copy pricing and methods of ordering, click here.

 


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